FIL Pool Play Complete; Medal Round Begins Wednesday

Pool Play is complete at the FIL World Cup, with Team USA taking
the overall top seed for the medal round after a 13-2 win over host
Canada on Tuesday evening to close out their preliminary schedule.
The USA, Canada, Australia and England all earned first-round byes
and an off-day on Wednesday.

Japan, which is the only team besides the US to finish pool play
unbeaten, topped fellow unblemished Israel on Tuesday afternoon by
a tight 12-11 mark in overtime, which saw Yoku Kobori score the
game-winner in extra time. They finished atop Pool C at 5-0 and
will face Scotland (4-1) in the knockout round.